Countess Amalia Katharina of Waldeck

Countess Amalia Katharina of Waldeck (8 August 1640 – 4 January 1697), née Countess of Erbach-Erbach, was a German noblewoman, poet and composer.

Amalia Katharina, Countess of Waldeck
Born	(1640-08-08)8 August 1640 Erbach
Died	4 January 1697(1697-01-04) (aged 56) Eisfeld
Buried	Michelstadt,Starkenburg,Hesse-Darmstadt.
Noble family	Waldeck-Eisenberg (by birth) House of Erbach (by marriage)
Spouse(s)	George Louis I, Count of Erbach-Erbach
Issue	Henriette Henriette Juliane Philipp Louis, Count of Erbach-Erbach Charles Albert of Erbach-Erbach George Albert Amalie Katharina Frederick Charles Wilhelmine Sophie Magdalena Charlotte Wilhelm Louis Amalie Katharina Fredericka Charlotte Frederick Charles, Count of Erbach-Limpurg Ernest Sophia Albertine
Father	Philip Dietrich, Count of Waldeck
Mother	Maria Magdalena of Nassau-Siegen

Early life

She was born in Arolsen to Count Philipp Theodor von Waldeck-Eisenberg and his wife, Countess Marie Magdalene of Nassau-Siegen (1622-1647, daughter of William, Count of Nassau-Siegen). In 1664, she married George Louis I, Count of Erbach-Erbach, the son of George Albert I, Count of Erbach-Schönberg.

Poet and composer

She published a number of Pietist poems and songs in Hildburghausen in 1692. They were meant for private household devotion. There were 67 poems, some of which had simple melodies and a figured bass.

Issue

She and her husband had sixteen children:

• Henriette (27 September 1665 – 28 September 1665).
• Henriette Juliane (15 October 1666 – 27 February 1684).
• Philipp Louis, Count of Erbach-Erbach (10 June 1669 – 17 June 1720).
• Charles Albert Louis (16 June 1670 – k.a. Dapfing a.d.Donau, 18 August 1704).
• George Albert (born and died 1 July 1671).
• Amalie Katharina (13 May 1672 – 18 June 1676).
• Frederick Charles (19 April 1673 – 25 April 1673).
• A son (born and died 16 September 1674).
• Wilhelmine Sophie (16 February 1675 – 20 August 1678).
• Magdalena Charlotte (6 February 1676 – 3 December 1686).
• Wilhelm Louis (21 March 1677 – 19 February 1678).
• Amalie Katharina (born and died 18 February 1678).
• Fredericka Charlotte (19 April 1679 – 21 April 1689).
• Frederick Charles, Count of Erbach-Limpurg (21 May 1680 – 20 February 1731).
• Ernest (23 September 1681 – 2 March 1694).
• Sophia Albertine (30 July 1683 – 4 September 1742), married on 4 February 1704 to Ernest Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen.

References

• Walter Blankenburg. "Amalia Catharina", Grove Music Online, ed. L. Macy (accessed March 5, 2006), grovemusic.com Archived 2008-05-16 at the Wayback Machine (subscription access).

External links

• Henry Gardiner Adams, ed. (1857). "Amalie, Catharina". A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography: 34. Wikidata Q115632084.